Author Archives: sayfudiin Abdalle

Kenya’s justice system is overwhelmed with trials of more than 100 suspected Somali pirates NAIROBI, Kenya — Nine young Somali men were squeezed into the wood-paneled dock while overhead a ceiling fan battled vainly against the crushing coastal humidity that left judge, lawyers, accused and witness alike sweating in the shabby Kenyan courtroom. The suspects...Continue reading »

Bartamaha (Nairobi):-Kenyan border guards have captured 5 Somali migrants in Mandere, a bordering town in north of Kenya and arrested in a jail in the town, witnesses said on Friday. Witnesses said that the 5 Somalis were detained by the Kenyan troops in jails as they were from the bordering town of Balad-hawo to Mandere in Kenya adding that some of the detainees were...Continue reading »

Bartamaha (COLUMBUS, Ohio ):-A man who said he was tortured by a former Somali military colonel now living in Columbus said his pain was so great that he spent 20 years trying to find the person responsible. Earlier this month, a federal lawsuit seeking unspecified monetary damages was filed on behalf of Abukar Hassan Ahmed, who was a professor and human rights lawyer...Continue reading »

Bartamaha (Nairobi):- “The fact that they are foreign, Kenyan sellers assume they have a lot of money and would ask high prices to capitalize on their desperation.” Says a real estate agent in Nairobi. By Claire Wachira In the last two years, the world has been treated to the daring exploits of the Somali pirates as they preyed on shipping vessels off Somali...Continue reading »

Bartamaha (Nairobi):-They spent most of their lives in crowded refugee camps after their families fled violence in Somalia but now 22 men and six women have won scholarships to study in Canada. “I have waited for this day since 2006 [when he graduated from high school in the Dadaab refugee camp, northern Kenya] and it is finally here. My prayers have been answered,”...Continue reading »

Kalfadhigii caadiga ahaa ee Baarlamaanka dalka Ukraine oo looga doodayay in balaarin lagu sameeyo heshiiska Dowladda Ruusha iyo Ukraine ee Dowladda Ruusha ay dhul ama xarun ciidan kaga Kiireestay dalka Ukrain. Baarlamaanka dalka Ukrain ayaa u codeeyay in ciidanka Ruushka ay sii joogi karaan dhulka Ukrain ilaa sanadka 2042. Haddaba arrintan waxaa ka hor yimid qaar ka mid...Continue reading »

Bartamaha (Nairobi):-A star-studded, remixed version of K’naan’s ubiquitous track Wavin’ Flag has raised more than $1 million for victims of the Haitian earthquake. Since its release on March 12, the benefit single racked up seven consecutive weeks atop Canadian radio charts, sold more than 160,000 copies on online music retailer iTunes and its accompanying...Continue reading »

  Bartamaha (Nairobi):- Hundreds of Somali soldiers trained with millions of U.S. tax dollars have deserted because they are not being paid their $100 monthly wage, and some have even joined the al Qaeda-linked militants they are supposed to be fighting, The Associated Press has learned. The desertions raise fears that a new U.S.-backed effort beginning next month to...Continue reading »

Bartamaha (Nairobi):-The African Union and its backers in the Somalia conflict Wednesday rejected accusations they flouted the laws of war while trying to quell a 3-year insurgency that has brought the nation to its knees. Some 21,000 people have been killed in the violence since the beginning of 2007 and 3 million more — one third of the population — receive...Continue reading »

  Bartamaha (Minnesota):-Inaa lilaahi wa inaa ilahayhi raaacuun Shiikh Abdi wali Mohamed Yusuf allaha u raxmado xalay ayaa wadnahu istaagay mana soo toosin sidii uu u seexday, Shikh Abdiwali ayaa ahaa wadaad ka tegay umadda soomaliyeed shiikha waxaa farxad u ah in uu ku geeriyooday guri hooyadiis oo uu la seexanayey habeen ka dib markii ay lug ka jabtay. Allaha u naxariistee...Continue reading »

    Bartamaha (Nairobi):-A landmine killed one person and wounded eight in a rare attack on a mosque in the Somali capital on Tuesday, a day of chaotic violence that left at least another 15 people dead and scores wounded. Witnesses said the mine exploded as worshippers were going to the Abu Hureyra mosque in Bakara Market, an area used as a base by rebels fighting...Continue reading »

Bartamaha (Nairobi):-A Muslim butcher alleged by the French government to be living in a polygamous arrangement with four women and committing benefit fraud via their 12 children has hit out at the authorities, denying his personal life is illegal and poking fun at his adopted country’s marital customs. “As far as I know mistresses are not forbidden in France,...Continue reading »

Bartamaha (Nairobi)- Inside a dark, wood coffin lies the body of a young Somali man from Toronto, killed in Fort McMurray, Alta., last week, and prayed over by an Edmonton community where most didn’t know him. To many in Alberta’s growing Somali community, the death of 19-year-old Abdinasir Abdulkadir Dirie — declared a homicide Monday, the same day...Continue reading »

Bartamaha (Nairobi):-African Union forces destroy explosive-filled truck before it reaches new base in Somali capital, killing three attackers The African Union peacekeeping force in Somalia says two of its soldiers have been wounded in a suicide attack in the capital, Mogadishu. In an interview with VOA, an AU spokesman said three attackers drove a truck filled with...Continue reading »

Bartamaha (Nairobi):- Russia has proposed a new court for prosecuting Somali pirates under the auspices of the United Nations. The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a Russian proposal Tuesday asking Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to look into how such a regional or international tribunal might be set up and to report back within three months. The move comes in...Continue reading »

Bartamaha (Nairobi):-Paul and Rachel Chandler’s seven-month ordeal continues as captors take them on the run after Islamic militants close in The Somali pirate gang who have been holding a British couple hostage since October fled with their captives yesterday after militants linked toal-Qaida took over their territory. Paul and Rachel Chandler, who are both in...Continue reading »

Press Release Bartamaha–Nairobi,Kenya:-President Obama, together with the Department of State and the Department of Commerce, will host the Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C., on April 26 and 27. Entrepreneurs from more than 50 countries with sizable Muslim populations have accepted President Obama’s...Continue reading »

Bartamaha—A woman sustained life-threatening injuries when she was stabbed multiple times on Friday afternoon. Police said the incident occurred near Lanham Place SW and SW Graham St. at approximately 3:34 p.m. The woman was walking down the sidewalk with her 9-year-old daughter when she was knocked to the ground, assaulted and stabbed multiple times. The 40-year-old...Continue reading »

Bartamaha (Mombasa):-Magaalada Mombasa ee Caasimada labaad ee dalka Kenya ayaa waxa lagu qabtay mashruuc nadaafadeed isla markaasna lagu moojinayay in ay somalidu kaalin wayn ku lee dahay arimaha bulshada ee dalka Kenya. Mashruucaan oo ay fulintiisa fududeeyeen Gudiga Hormaritna Soomaalida ku dhaqan Mombasa isla markaasna ay soo qaban qaabeeyeen jamciyda Dhalinyarada...Continue reading »

Bartamaha (Nairobi):- Fighters from Somalia’s al-Qaida-linkedmilitant group moved into the northern region where Somali piratesoperate early Monday, residents said, forcing pirates to flee and raising the specter of an insurgent attempt to close down the piracy trade. The pirate gang holding a kidnapped British couple fled into a forest to escape the militants,...Continue reading »